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Argyroplace tornophanes, n. sp. 
$ . 20 mm. (Head missing.) Thorax ferruginous mixed dark 
reddish-fuscous and white. Fore wings moderate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa gently arched, slightly bent at §, apex obtuse, termen 
straight, vertical; ferruginous, irregularly mixed and marked dark 
red-brown, purplish-grey, orange, and white; basal patch and 
central fascia indicated by irregular markings, but hardly defined ; 
a small round white discal spot at §; several pairs of small white 
strigulse on costa posteriorly, a more conspicuous pair preceding 
ferruginous apex; an irregular rather curved greyish-purple trans¬ 
verse streak at |, becoming obsolete near costa; ocellus forming a 
conspicuous subtriangular white blotch : cilia ferruginous, on tornal 
area pale orange. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey, on median 
portion of termen pale yellowish with faint greyish subbasal line. 
Solomon Is., Guadalcanar ( Meek ) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). 
Most like the Australian execlra. 
Argyroploce platymolybdis, n. sp. 
5 . 23 mm. Head, palpi fuscous. Thorax rather dark fuscous, 
tegulse speckled whitish. Forewings broad, slightly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight,’vertical, rounded 
beneath; dark fuscous, tips of scales minutely whitish-grey, trans¬ 
versely striated throughout with dark leaden-grey, costal edge dark 
fuscous with minute paired whitish-grey strigulse ; central fascia 
represented by an indistinct dark fuscous spot on middle of costa; 
towards apex an oblique series of 3 or 4 short dark fuscous 
dashes or xriarks between two thick leaden-grey stride: cilia grey, a 
dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous cilia as in 
forewings. 
Cameroons, Johann-Albrechts Hohe Station ( Conraclt ); 1 ex. 
(Coll. Paravicini). Recognisable by the unusually broad wings. 
Argyroploce molybdachtha, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous. Forewings 
subtriangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rather 
obliquely rounded ; 7 to apex (indefinite); blackish-fuscous, almost 
covered by thick irregular subconfluent dark violet-leaden transverse 
striae, leaving a blackish-fuscous blotch on middle of costa repre¬ 
senting central fascia, reaching | across wing, and a rather curved 
waved streak from beyond this to middle of termen : cilia dark grey. 
Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia light grey, a dark fuscous basal line. 
Ivory Coast, Bingerville, November ( Gaston Melon ); 1 ex. (Coll. 
Paravicini). 
Argyroploce atmochlora, n. sp. 
<S 5 . 18-19 mm. Head, palpi bluish-green. Thorax green, 
paler and bluish-tinged posteriorly, two black spots on middle of 
back. Abdomen dark grey, genital hairs S ochreous-whitish. 
Posterior legs without tufts. Fore wings moderate, narrowed basally, 
